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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS 2008
Sunday, May 18th
The Post-News Colorado Colfax Avenue will be held on Sunday, May 18 from 6:00 a.m. until noon. The 26.2 mile course will start and finish in Denver’s City Park. The course will close at noon.
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To provide a safe environment for the event, the cities of Aurora, Denver and Lakewood will be cooperating on a traffic management plan that will cause temporary impacts along Colfax Avenue on Sunday.
While travel on Colfax Avenue will be restricted, the race will actually roll itself up like a carpet as it moves through the cities of Aurora, Denver and Lakewood, allowing traffic to resume normal operations as soon as it is safe for athlete’s and drivers alike.
TRAFFIC DETAILS:
In General:
- The marathon will have full and partial closures of westbound and eastbound Colfax from Aurora to Lakewood.
- From City Park west to Quitman Street, the east-bound lanes of traffic will be open on Colfax.
- From Colorado Boulevard west to Ursula, the east-bound lanes of traffic will be open on Colfax.
- West-bound Colfax will be closed from Fitzimmons Parkway in Aurora to Quail Street in Lakewood;
- Routings that Cross Colfax and 17th Avenue could experience significant delays
- Closures could start as early as 3:00am and end as late as 1:00pm.
- As the Race progresses from Aurora to Lakewood street closures will open to normal traffic.
- The only places to cross Colfax will be at I-25, Federal Boulevard and I-225
- Limited crossings will be available across Colfax when safety allows and only at intersections with uniformed police officers
- Drivers are urged to avoid Speer Boulevard and Colfax
Colfax Avenue and 17th Avenue in Aurora:
- The half-marathon course starts at City Park, heads east on Colfax Avenue to the Fitzsimons Life Science Center in Aurora and returns to City Park along 17th Avenue.
- West-bound Colfax will close from Potomac to Yosemite at 5:40 a.m.
- 17th Avenue will close from Peoria to Yosemite at 6:15 a.m.
- Peoria will close between Montview and Colfax. North-bound Peoria traffic will be diverted east on Colfax where they can go north on Fitzsimmons Parkway or I-225. South-bound Peoria traffic that desires to continue south across Colfax will need to take Fitzsimmons Parkway and traffic that desires to go west will need to take west-bound on Montview.
- Ursula Street north of Colfax will be closed.
- Quentin Street north of Colfax will be closed.
- 17th Avenue east of Peoria Street will be closed.
Colfax Avenue in Denver
- West-bound Colfax will be closed
- Colorado Boulevard between Colfax and 23rd Avenue will be closed
- South-bound off-ramp to I-25 at Colfax will be closed
- Expect major delays at Speer Boulevard at Colfax
- The only places to cross Colfax will be at I-25, Federal Boulevard and I-225
- The last runner will cross west-bound Colfax at Speer at approximately 7:00 a.m. (the course will roll up behind)
- The last runner will cross west-bound Colfax at Sheridan at approximately 7:30 a.m.
- The last runner will pass Sloan’s Lake at approximately 10:30 a.m.
- The last marathon runners will cross east-bound 17th Avenue at Vine at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Downtown Denver
- Water St. from I-25 to 15th St. will be local traffic only, traveling northbound only as the runners will be in the southbound lanes (running north).
- 15th St. from Blake St to Platte St. will be local traffic only as the runners will be in the most north lanes of 15th St.
- 17th St. will be open as the runners will be in the far north lanes only. Some cross traffic and turns will be limited.
- Speer Blvd. at Colfax Ave. in both directions will have very long delays.
- The last marathon runners will pass through downtown at 11:00 a.m.
Colfax Avenue in Lakewood:
- This year's route in Lakewood will take runners along West Colfax to Quail Street where they will turn south to Parfet and eventually west to Simms before they turn back on West Colfax to return to Denver City Park and the finish line. North and south streets that cross Colfax from Sheridan to Simms will be closed to through traffic from 6-10a.m. Both southbound lanes on Simms will remain open, along with one northbound lane.
- North-south streets that cross Colfax will be closed to through traffic between West Sixth and West 20th avenues.
- To move traffic north and south through the area, motorists will be funneled on detour routes to Interstate 70 and Federal Boulevard, using West Sixth, West 20th and West 32nd Avenues.
- Local traffic and marathon spectators will be permitted access.
- Access to Colfax businesses open on May 18 will be allowed from side streets either through limited-access lanes on Colfax marked with cones or through police escorts.
- Access to and from residences and churches adjacent to Colfax will be allowed through the use of side streets.
- Both southbound lanes on Simms Street will remain open as well as one northbound lane.
- The last runner will be off of Colfax at approximately 9:50 a.m.
- Colfax Avenue will be cleaned and swept immediately following the passage of runners.
- For detailed information on Lakewood traffic, please visit the City website at www.lakewood.org call 303-987-7787 or email marathontraffic@lakewood.org.
RTD Operations:
- The marathon will cause delays on RTD routes that run on and/or cross Colfax. Riders are encouraged to contact RTD directly for full details by calling (303) 299-6000 or visiting RTD-Denver.com under Detours and Alerts.
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